President Gutmann Announces 2015 President’s Engagement Prize Winners at Penn

President Gutmann Announces 2015 President’s Engagement Prize Winners at Penn

"President Amy Gutmann today announced the selection of five undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania as the inaugural President’s Engagement Prize recipients. Awarded annually to Penn students to design and undertake fully-funded local, national or global engagement projects during the first year after they graduate, the President’s Engagement Prizes underscore the high priority that Penn places on educating students to put their knowledge to work for the betterment of humankind...

"Home, Heart, Health: Engaging the Community in Bridging the Gap: Jodi Feinberg (Nu’15) will design, implement and evaluate a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation model for home care, with the support of the New York University Langone Medical Center and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. The goal of Feinberg’s one-of-a-kind program is to serve as a much-needed bridge between inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, ensuring that patients are steadily progressing along the cardiac rehabilitation continuum. Feinberg is being mentored by Terri Lipman, Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Professor of Nutrition, Professor of Nursing of Children and Assistant Dean for Community Engagement in the School of Nursing."

Jodi has worked with the Netter Center for several years as a teaching assistant for Terri Lipman's Dance for Health ABCS course.

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